Second Moon

instrumentation: voice (G#3 – C5) and piano
duration: 2 minutes
written in: 2016
written for: Kayleigh Butcher and Chris Narloch
text: Alex Temple

In 2016, Kayleigh Butcher and Christopher Narloch commissioned 15 composers to write short responses to the 15 songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Book of the Hanging Gardens. My contribution, “Second Moon,” gives a new flavor to the opening melody of "Als wir hinter dem beblümten tore," with a splash of Antônio Carlos Jobim and a pinch of Rebecca Sugar. The lyrics are one part quiet Chicago date night and one part German Romantic mystery.

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Kayleigh Butcher, voice
Christopher Narloch, piano
Live at Constellation, Chicago, IL, 11.19.17